Nunothat, under jockey Jorge Torres, winning the $105,100 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity at Canterbury Park on Wednesday.

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SHAKOPEE, MN – AUGUST 10, 2022 – Wednesday night at Canterbury Park included a trio of stakes, including the $20,000 Mystic Lake Juvenile, a consolation race for horses from trials to the $105,100 Mystic Lake Northlands Futurity later on the card.

Nunothat ($12.60) and Jorge Torres picked up an early lead in the 350-yard race and extended it to win by a length from the center of the track. The final time of 17.929 gave the winner a 90 speed index.

Recent Canterbury Park Hall of Fame Inductee Jason Olmstead trained three of the top finishers: Nunothat, second place finisher Relentless Snow, and Southard Rocket, who finished in a dead heat for third with Elegant Dynastia.

Nunothat finished seventh in his trial for the Northlands Futurity, won by fifth fastest qualifier My Candys Relentess. Prior to that, the Hes Relentless gelding broke his maiden at Canterbury in June after a pair of starts at Remington.

The winning connections of Nunothat accept the Mystic Lake Northlands Juvenile Stakes trophy at Canterbury Park.
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Nunothat is owned by Tom Maher and Paul Luedemann and was bred in Oklahoma by William Smith, out of the graded stakes winning mare Fast Prize Zoom, by Shazoom. He is now two for six in career with $29,859 in earnings.

A fellow Oklahoma-bred son of Hes Relentless finished in second place: Relentless Snow with Armando Alvidrez up, is owned by Tom Maher and Dick Tobin. He was bred by Flag Ranch LLC, out of 2010 Dash for Cash Futurity (G1) winner A Snowy Cartel, by Corona Cartel.

Relentless Snow was sixth in his trial; on Wednesday, he finished in the top three for the first time in his five career starts.

There was a dead heat for third place between post-time favorite Southard Rocket and Elegant Dynastia.

Southard Rocket broke his maiden at Canterbury in June before finishing fourth in his Northlands trial; all three of the horses ahead of him qualified to the final.

Southard Rocket was ridden by Edwin Escobedo for owner and breeder Jo Rice. The gelding was bred in Oklahoma out of the Inseparable mare Southard Lady. He is one for five with $15,747 earned.

Elegant Dynastia was ridden by Bonifacio Quiroz for fellow Canterbury Park Hall of Fame trainer Ed Ross Hardy. Bling Hog Racing Partners owns the FDD Dynasty filly, who was bred in Oklahoma by Flag Ranch LLC, out of Ja Jess Elegance, by Mr Jess Perry.

Completing the field were Hot Splash Dash, Arion Too and Bv Im Already Taken. Blu Bye U and Vos Candy Prince were scratched.

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